Active Directory Basics

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    • In a Windows domain, credentials are stored in a centralised repository called... 

    Answer : Active Directory

    • The server in charge of running the Active Directory services is called...

    Answer : Domain Controller

    • Which group normally administrates all computers and resources in a domain?

     Answer : Domain Admins

    •  What would be the name of the machine account associated with a machine named TOM-PC?

     Answer : TOM-PC$

    • Suppose our company creates a new department for Quality Assurance. What type of containers should we use to group all Quality Assurance users so that policies can be applied consistently to them?

     Answer : Organizational Units

    • What was the flag found on Sophie's desktop? 

    After setting up the delegation on reset password for philip, we can now change sophie password and initiate a force password change at next logon :


    Then when login to sophie's account, we'll be prompted to change the password :


    Once logged in, we can retreive the flag on the desktop :


    Answer : THM{thanks_for_contacting_support}

    • The process of granting privileges to a user over some OU or other AD Object is called...

    Answer : delegation

    • After organising the available computers, how many ended up in the Workstations OU?


    Answer : 7

    • Is it recommendable to create separate OUs for Servers and Workstations? (yay/nay)

    Answer : YAY

    • What is the name of the network share used to distribute GPOs to domain machines?

    Answer : SYSVOL

    • Can a GPO be used to apply settings to users and computers? (yay/nay)

    Answer : YAY

    • Will a current version of Windows use NetNTLM as the preferred authentication protocol by default? (yay/nay) 

    Answer : NAY

    • When referring to Kerberos, what type of ticket allows us to request further tickets known as TGS?

    Answer : Ticket Granting Tickets

    • When using NetNTLM, is a user's password transmitted over the network at any point? (yay/nay)

    Answer : NAY

    • What is a group of Windows domains that share the same namespace called? 

    Answer : tree

    • What should be configured between two domains for a user in Domain A to access a resource in Domain B?

    Answer : A trust relationship

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